Merry Christmas Amy, Chip and Linda

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING

all my love

"I will seek & find u. I shall take u to bed and have my way w/ u. I will make u ache, shake & sweat until u moan & groan. I will make u beg for mercy. I will exhaust u to the point that u will be relieved when I'm finished w/ u. And when I am finished, u will be weak for days. All my love, The Flu

MISSING YOU

WHERE OH WHERE IS TOBEE AND DIDI? AM MISSING YOU BOTH!!!
HOPE ALL IS WELL, INCLUDING SMOBRIETY EFFORTS AND LIFE IN GENERAL. COME ON BACK!!!! LUV FROM BUBE


MY LITTLE CORNER OF THE EARTH IN LIVING COLOR:

Max and TcT

Max & TcT start a race @ point S. Max runs from S to F to T, turns around and runs back to F. TcT runs from S to F @ 8 min/mi and from F to P @ 13 min/mi. He meets Max coming back @ P. TcT turns around and runs w/ Max to F @ 8 1/2 min/mi. How far does TcT run if they finish in 3 hrs 45 min.?

Calculator Challenge

Think of a number between 2 and 3, like 2.37. Fire up your favorite calculator. Compute

(2.37)^(1/2.37)

where ^ means "raise to the power" and / means "divide."

You should get something like

1.439201705

Challenge: Play with this choice, namely 2.37, so that when you calculate

(choice)^(1/choice)

you obtain the biggest value you can. For example:

(2.62)^(1/2.62)

should give you something like

1.444298571

It turns out, the choice that makes the calculation bigger than any other choice is a very very famous number.

What's your choice? As they say on tests, "show your work."

Extra credit:

What is the famous number? How did you determine this?

Hartford 1/2

Did a 1:43:08, 7:52 pace, 2nd in 65-69 division, a personal best in recent years.

Complete results at
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/09/ct/Oct10_IngHar_1_set1.shtml

Garmin 305 record at http://connect.garmin.com/player/15782388 (hit the Play button)

Photos by LBrad


Lee, Rose and Judi after the race.

Andie, Rose, Lani and Lee before the start.

Jo Marchetti finishing.

Ran back after my 1/2 and then ran it in w/ Rose.

My finish.

My trophy.

Notes ...

Libra walked, Karen A ran, John C beat me by 2 minutes, Carol did 5K, Judi did 5K and placed, Rose missed 3rd by seconds, weather got sunny and cool toward end of marathon, Barb K placed, Eddy ran, Andie did 1:41 and placed 4th (wore LP).